THE LONG WALK HOME

Joao Fernandes& Sandra Valdez

SETTING Martin Luther King Jr Montgomery Bus Boycott Jim Crow Laws

JIM CROW LAWSJim Crow Laws were laws that enforced

segregation. These laws existed from 1877 to the mid -1960’s. Although these laws were

more enforced in the south… They ended up changing all aspects of life.

JIM CROW LAWS

A “White Classroom”

JIM CROW LAWS

A “Black Classroom”

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Civil rights stared by a black woman name

ROSA PARKS. In 1955 she got on a bus and she refused to give up he seat to a white man.

Martin Luther King became the leader of the bus boycott.

In 1964 the civil rights law gave all Americans equal rights like educations, employments and the use of Public places.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Born: January15 ,1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Experience: From an early age King knew what segregation

was and what it meant.

He loved to study…so he went toCollege.

Civil rights: After college he began to fightSegregation, but he didn’t believe inViolence.

In 1963 he became the leader ofThe Civil Rights Movement.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Peace: In March 1963 Martin Luther king Jr. gave the still

famous speech “I have a Dream”. In 1964 he won a Nobel Peace Prize. Assassination: Unfortunately In April 4,1968 Martin Luther king was assassinated.

January15 is martin Luther king day.A national holiday…

ROSA PARKS December 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her

seat on bus to a white man. She got arrested in MONTGOMERY,ALABAMA. African America decided to protest. Martin Luther King became the leader of the Civil

Rights Moment. Rosa Parks arrest stared to change a lot of thing. In November 1956 the boycott ended in Victory for

the African-American Community.

MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT

A boycott is a way of protesting, by not using a product or service in order to make a

change. The Montgomery bus boycott started

when Rosa Parks, got arrested for sitting at “the white section of the bus.

Many African Americans were angry about this…So in 1955 Martin Luther King Jr.stepped up as a leader.

Blacks in Montgomery refused to ride the busses for a year. The bus companies almost went broke because most of the

passengers were black. At the end bus companies allowed African Americans to sit

anywhere on the busses.

PLOT MAP Mirian Drives Selma’s bus journey

United front

Christmas Dinner Mary Catherine’s gift Odessa Walks home Oak Park Rosa Park’s arrest EXPOSITON

RESOLUTION

Falling action

Rising ac

tion

CHARACTER MAP

Miriam Thompson

Odessa Cotter

Norman Thompson

Mary Catherine and Sarah Thompson

Tunker Thompso

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Hebert Cotter

Selma, Theodore and Franklin Cotter

CHARACTERS Odessa Cotter Tunker Thompson Norman Thompson Miriam Thompson Mary Catherine Thompson

ODESSA COTTER Odessa has a husband (Hebert),

two sons(Theodore and Franklin)and a daughter (Selma).

Odessa is one of the maids at theThompson house.

Odessa is… a hard worker, honest, strong, forgiving, understanding, determined, calm, thankful, hopeful and

kind.

MIRIAM THOMPSON Miriam found out that Odessa was

walking to work at Miriam’s house to take care of the girl, so Miriam decided to pick up Odessa and bring her to work.

Miriam also wanted to help Odessa. Stands with Odessa in the protest line.

MARY CATHERINE THOMPSON

Miriam’s daughter who watches her mother’s changing as the story progresses.

She is the narrator of the story.

NORMAN Miriam’s husband and Mary Catherin’s father. A business man who allows social pressure to

control Although Odessa had worked for him many

years he had never had a conversation with her.

TUNKER THOMPSON He is a businessman and

Tunker is… racist.

Quotes: “If she rather walk bleed the soles of her feet…until she begs to ride that bus”.

“They’ll ask for more and do less”